{"id":361,"date":"2011-03-13T18:48:49","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T18:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.auburn.edu\/aww\/?p=158"},"modified":"2023-06-15T16:26:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T16:26:46","slug":"cary-woods-school-wins-statewide-environmental-education-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/cary-woods-school-wins-statewide-environmental-education-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Cary Woods School wins statewide environmental education award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Debbie  Brooks and Cary Woods  Elementary School in Auburn, the 2011 Best Environmental Education  Program (BEEP) award winner! This prestigious award is given by the  Environmental Education Association of Alabama each year to an outstanding  program in Alabama  that demonstrates excellence in environmental education. <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/captest.aces.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011beepaward-carywoods.pdf\">Read about the award in the  Opelika-Auburn News<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Ms. Brooks, Principal of Cary  Woods, worked closely with her faculty and students, the surrounding community,  Alabama Water Watch (AWW), the City of Auburn,  and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System to enhance her students&rsquo; learning  experiences. She submitted a grant application titled &lsquo;Respect, Replace and  Restore- the 3 R&rsquo;s of Cary Woods Elementary Outdoor Environment Project&rsquo; to the  Saugahatchee Watershed Management Plan (SWaMP), an ADEM\/EPA-funded project  directed by AWW that promotes environmental efforts to reduce nonpoint source  pollution of surface waters. Efforts included the installation of on-the-ground  projects and enhancement of environmental education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/captest.aces.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/100-3899.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/captest.aces.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cary1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" hspace=\"70\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\">AWW and City of Auburn staff show students different methods for monitoring streams <\/h5>\n<p>With the grant, Cary Woods   School implemented  several environmental projects, including: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>installation of a  rain garden to intercept polluted stormwater runoff from surrounding lawns and  parking lots, <\/li>\n<li>installation of a  rainwater harvest system from the school&rsquo;s roof for use in watering of the  lawns, shrubs and school garden plots, <\/li>\n<li>renovation of the  school&rsquo;s nature trail, which leads down to a local stream behind the school,  where the students conduct water quality and stream bioassessment exercises  (with the aid of AWW personnel and a local citizen volunteer monitoring group,  Save Our Saugahatchee), <\/li>\n<li>training Cary  Woods teachers in the Exploring Alabama&rsquo;s Living Streams curriculum  for use in their science classrooms, and<\/li>\n<li>conducting a  community fair to showcase the school&rsquo;s efforts and educate the neighborhood on  resource conservation and environmental stewardship. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/captest.aces.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cary21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/captest.aces.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cary2.jpg\" width=\"268\" height=\"225\" hspace=\"80\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h5 align=\"center\">Student poster&#160; on rainwater harvest at school&#8217;s Community Fair <\/h5>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aces.edu\/dept\/fisheries\/aww\/swamp\/swamp-blog\/?p=135\">See the SWaMP blog for more  information on the &lsquo;3 R&rsquo;s of Cary Woods Elementary&rsquo;<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The BEEP award will be  presented to the Cary Woods Elementary School  at the Environmental Education Association of Alabama&rsquo;s Annual Conference at  the Solon Dixon  Forestry Education  Center in Andalusia. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Debbie Brooks and Cary Woods Elementary School in Auburn, the 2011 Best Environmental Education Program (BEEP) award winner! 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